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Buying A Used 2000-2006 Honda Insight Hybrid: The Guide

Green Car Reports

If you''ve been reading Green Car Reports over the past week, you might have seen we recently bought a 2001 Honda Insight--an example of one of the first hybrids sold by a major automaker. But what if you want to buy your own early Insight? And more importantly, should you buy one over a 2001-2003 Toyota Prius--the.'

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Toyota's Electric-Car Disdain, Honda Insight Update, Buying A Second Charging Cable: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Decoding Toyota''s disdain for electric cars, writer Antony Ingram updates us on his used 2001 Honda Insight, and how to buy a second charging cable for your plug-in electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on last week''s big stories with our Week in Reverse feature and video.

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VW e-Golf Drive Report, Tesla In Arizona, Used Honda Insight Guide: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

run down what you need to know if you want to buy an early Honda Insight, and dig deeper into GM''s new and more fuel-efficient engines. Today on Green CarReports: We drive VW''s first electric car to be sold in the U.S., All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Why Can't We Buy Cars That Do 60, 70, Or 80 MPG?

Green Car Reports

The first-generation Honda Insight hybrid, sold from 2000 through 2006, is renowned even today for its ultra-high gas mileage: 52 mpg combined (48 mpg city, 58 mpg highway). So why, 15 years after the Insight went on sale--considering.'

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Polk: 35% of hybrid owners buying hybrids again

Green Car Congress

As an example, the Honda Civic is the second most cross-shopped vehicle among both Toyota Prius and Honda Insight shoppers. Online cross-shopping data from Edmunds.com indicates that consumers are doing their due diligence to compare hybrids with similar gasoline-powered vehicles. Hybrid vehicles represent 2.4%

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Buying A Used Toyota Prius? Here's What You Need To Know

Green Car Reports

the original Honda Insight beat it by a few months), it has proven by far the most popular to date. The venerable Toyota Prius hybrid is generally accepted as the car which changed consumer’s attitude toward hybrid-electric drivetrains. While the Prius wasn’t the very first hybrid to be sold in the U.S.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

The Sprint was nowhere near the cheapest new car Americans could buy in 1987. The original Honda Insight beat it, but it needed a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain plus a lot of cutting-edge aerodynamic and weight-reduction tricks to pull it off. After the Geo brand got the axe in 1997, the Metro became a Chevrolet.

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